Stata Ds

-ds- lists variables.

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Usage

By default, -ds- simply returns the given variable list.

ds foo bar baz

To list all variables not included in a given variable list, try the not option:

ds foo bar baz, not

Variables can be described by a specification and -ds- will return the list of variables matching (or not matching) it.

ds, spec(type numeric)

ds, not(type string)

Valid specifications for the spec(spec) and not(spec) options are:

type typelist
format patternlist
- For example, format %t* selects all variables with a datetime display format
varlabel patternlist
- For example, varlabel *temp* selects all variables with a variable label including the word 'temp'
vallabel patternlist
char patternlist

The list of selected variables is stored in r(varlist), without any truncation or indentation.